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My December Newsletter!

By Victoria Lorusso

Real Estate Agent with Illustrated Properties

December 14, 2010 06:29 AM

Your Realty News

December 2010

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Wishing you all the Joys of the holiday
season!

Should You List with a Property Management Company?

You haven't received any reasonable offers on your house, so you decide to rent it out. You've made a smart decision; your tenants can pay off your mortgage while you wait for the real estate market to bounce back. But are you ready for late night phone calls about overflowing toilets? And are you willing to study up on local, state, and federal rental property laws?

Fortunately, there is an easier way to turn your home into a rental property-list your home... Read More

Maneuvering Successfully Through a Short Sale

One way to take advantage of low home prices is through a short sale, in which the homeowner and lender agree to sell the home for less than the homeowner owes on the mortgage, and call it even. All they need is a buyer who is ready and approved for the deal to go through. It can be a very sweet deal for the buyer, but not without its own complications. The smart buyer will look into this option thoroughly... Read More

Evening Curb Appeal: Night-time Lighting to Sell Your Home

You've trimmed and tidied, clipped and pruned, swept and raked. Your front yard looks like a feature from Better Homes and Gardens and eager buyers are sure to be lining up first thing in the morning. It's dusk; time to head indoors, put up your feet and look forward to that imminent house sale.

Not quite. Buyers are savvy and will want to view the house in which they are thinking of investing thousands of dollars, from every possible angle... Read More

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Five Ways to Save During the Holiday Season

Having an amazing holiday doesn't have to result in an empty wallet. These are some great ways to save during the holiday season.

1. Initiate a gift exchange.
Instead of cutting back on your budget for everyone in your family, initiate a gift exchange. When your list is narrowed down to just one person, you are able to focus on that one person and make their gift extra special. Everyone in the family will benefit from this cost-saving tool and for a little added fun, keep quiet about who has what name.

2. Skip the high-priced cards.
Buying a card for $3 to $5 for everyone on your list can add up... Read More

How to Cut Home Heating Costs this Winter
Courtesy of ARA Content

Some savvy homeowners are having their cake and eating it too when it comes to energy-efficient home heating. Imagine cutting your heating bills, while boosting your home's comfort. Sound too good to be true? Not for the thousands of homeowners who are using radiant floor heating, one of the oldest and most efficient means of heating a home.

The technology, dating back to the ancient Romans, uses warm water to heat the floor, instead of a furnace to heat the air. Modern radiant systems pump warm water through an in-floor network of PEX tubing (crosslinked polyethylene), which, in essence, turns a home's entire floor into a massive whole-room radiator.

Many families actually feel warmer at a lower thermostat... Read More

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